Expensive massages, top shelf vodka and five-star hotels: First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations
25th August 2011
The Obamas’ summer break on Martha’s Vineyard has already been branded a PR disaster after the couple arrived four hours apart on separate government jets.
There’s a carbon footprint for you. I’ll bet those jets weren’t powered by ‘green’ energy, either.
White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10million of U.S. taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past year.
‘Movin’ on up (movin’ on up)/ to the East Side … we finally got a Piece of the Pie.’
The magazine also reported that Mrs Obama, whose fashion choices are widely followed, had been going on ‘wild shopping sprees’, much to the distress of her husband, who, its sources reveal, is ‘absolutely furious’ at his wife’s ‘out-of-control spending’.
Hey, somebody whose makework job (created specially for her as a politicians wife) was bumped to $317,000 a year when her husband became a Senator (and was then conveniently abolished once she Moved On) isn’t about to flinch from a few perks.
August 25th, 2011 at 14:44
You just know the Clintons are cursing themselves for not thinking of it first …
August 25th, 2011 at 15:37
I don’t know, Cathy. I suspect the Clintons are happy that Barry and Shelly are making them look good.